City Planning Several Special Holiday Events
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
With 15 shopping days left until Christmas, Warsaw merchants have prepared several special events this weekend to provide a holiday atmosphere for patrons.
The second annual Hometown Holiday Weekend, sponsored by the Warsaw Merchants Council, features carolers, carriage rides through Central Park in the evening, visits with Santa Claus and Saturday's Parade of Lights, which, this year, has more than 30 entries.
The route begins in the Dahms & Yarian parking lot at Market and Columbia streets, proceeds east on Market Street, north on High Street, west on Center Street, north on Buffalo Street to East Fort Wayne Street, and east for one block to Indiana Street ending in Central Park.
Keith Reinholt, parade coordinator, said the parade features Carol Huffer as grand marshal.
Several dog and sled teams, and Bill Harris' Newfoundland puppies will be in the parade, along with an ML Motorsports' Busch Series race car and driver Kris Koster. Many service organizations will participate along with fire departments, EMS and police departments. And, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Reinholt said entries will be accepted through Friday evening. Call 267-5940 for more information.
The Hometown Holiday Ball is sold out. Those who purchased tickets will dance to the Dick Seeger band at Saturday night at Center Lake Pavilion.
Several downtown businesses are sponsoring a drawing for a basket of five Beanie Babies¨. The winner's name will be drawn at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Beanie Baby¨ Basket sign-up-tickets are available, with a purchase, at FoxVog, Brennan Pharmacy, Reinholt's Furniture, Hall Hardware, Dennie House, Allen's Designs, Printing Plus, In The Garden, Bob List Photography, Kaleidoscope, Courthouse Coffee, Creative Floral, Crownover Jewelry, Baskin-Robbins, Male Fashions, Reader's World, Reneker's Sports Shop, Instant Copy, Mountain Music, TLC, Le Gourmet Chocolate Shop and NBS.
Q&K Carriages' white horse-drawn carriages will offer rides through the downtown area and into the illuminated Central Park for $1 per person or for a toy donation to the Salvation Army.
Toy donations will be accepted by the Salvation Army at the National City Bank parking lot from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program will be held at the same location from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a live broadcast by WNDU Channel 16, South Bend.
Toys need to be new and unwrapped. A carriage ride ticket will be given in exchange for each toy given.
The Hometown Holiday Weekend schedule is Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - downtown stores open for Christmas sales, strolling carolers, Lakeland Art Association sale; 5 p.m. - luminaries lit along the sidewalk, lighting of Central Park; 6 to 9 a.m. - Q&K Carriages carriage rides leaving the National City Bank parking lot; Santa Claus at Key Bank in Town Center Mall; 7 p.m. to midnight - Hometown Holiday Ball.
Saturday: 7 to 10 a.m. - U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - downtown stores open for Christmas sales, strolling carolers, Lakeland Art Association sale; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Santa Claus at Key Bank in Town Center Mall; 2 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. - Q&K Carriages carriage rides leaving the National City Bank parking lot; 5 p.m., luminaries lit along the sidewalk and parade line up at Dahms & Yarian parking lot; 6 p.m., Parade of Lights; 7 p.m., Beanie Baby¨ Basket drawing at Town Center Mall. [[In-content Ad]]
With 15 shopping days left until Christmas, Warsaw merchants have prepared several special events this weekend to provide a holiday atmosphere for patrons.
The second annual Hometown Holiday Weekend, sponsored by the Warsaw Merchants Council, features carolers, carriage rides through Central Park in the evening, visits with Santa Claus and Saturday's Parade of Lights, which, this year, has more than 30 entries.
The route begins in the Dahms & Yarian parking lot at Market and Columbia streets, proceeds east on Market Street, north on High Street, west on Center Street, north on Buffalo Street to East Fort Wayne Street, and east for one block to Indiana Street ending in Central Park.
Keith Reinholt, parade coordinator, said the parade features Carol Huffer as grand marshal.
Several dog and sled teams, and Bill Harris' Newfoundland puppies will be in the parade, along with an ML Motorsports' Busch Series race car and driver Kris Koster. Many service organizations will participate along with fire departments, EMS and police departments. And, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Reinholt said entries will be accepted through Friday evening. Call 267-5940 for more information.
The Hometown Holiday Ball is sold out. Those who purchased tickets will dance to the Dick Seeger band at Saturday night at Center Lake Pavilion.
Several downtown businesses are sponsoring a drawing for a basket of five Beanie Babies¨. The winner's name will be drawn at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Beanie Baby¨ Basket sign-up-tickets are available, with a purchase, at FoxVog, Brennan Pharmacy, Reinholt's Furniture, Hall Hardware, Dennie House, Allen's Designs, Printing Plus, In The Garden, Bob List Photography, Kaleidoscope, Courthouse Coffee, Creative Floral, Crownover Jewelry, Baskin-Robbins, Male Fashions, Reader's World, Reneker's Sports Shop, Instant Copy, Mountain Music, TLC, Le Gourmet Chocolate Shop and NBS.
Q&K Carriages' white horse-drawn carriages will offer rides through the downtown area and into the illuminated Central Park for $1 per person or for a toy donation to the Salvation Army.
Toy donations will be accepted by the Salvation Army at the National City Bank parking lot from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program will be held at the same location from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a live broadcast by WNDU Channel 16, South Bend.
Toys need to be new and unwrapped. A carriage ride ticket will be given in exchange for each toy given.
The Hometown Holiday Weekend schedule is Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - downtown stores open for Christmas sales, strolling carolers, Lakeland Art Association sale; 5 p.m. - luminaries lit along the sidewalk, lighting of Central Park; 6 to 9 a.m. - Q&K Carriages carriage rides leaving the National City Bank parking lot; Santa Claus at Key Bank in Town Center Mall; 7 p.m. to midnight - Hometown Holiday Ball.
Saturday: 7 to 10 a.m. - U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - downtown stores open for Christmas sales, strolling carolers, Lakeland Art Association sale; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Santa Claus at Key Bank in Town Center Mall; 2 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. - Q&K Carriages carriage rides leaving the National City Bank parking lot; 5 p.m., luminaries lit along the sidewalk and parade line up at Dahms & Yarian parking lot; 6 p.m., Parade of Lights; 7 p.m., Beanie Baby¨ Basket drawing at Town Center Mall. [[In-content Ad]]